It’s five years following the Rebel Alliance ruined the Death Superstar, defeated Darth Vader as well as the Emperor, and drove the remnants from the old Imperial Starfleet to a faraway corner of the galaxy. Princess Leia and Han Single are married and expecting Jedi twins. And Luke Skywalker is among the most first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights.

But a large number of light-years apart, the final from the Emperor’s warlords, Grand Admiral Thrawn, provides taken command from the shattered Imperial fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it on the delicate heart of the brand new Republic. For this dark warrior has made two essential discoveries that could destroy everything the courageous women and men from the Rebel Alliance fought so difficult to build.